on our broadcast tonight power shift. after the revolution in egypt now this. it looks like they've just elected the first islamist president in the region but is a power struggle yet to come? back from the brink but for how long? greece, the crisis, the vote, and now what it all could mean for the u.s. economy. the verdict is in tonight for pitching legend roger clemens, and we'll have the reaction. and top chef. what can happen when you leave dinner up to a 13-year-old? what can happen when you leave dinner up to a 13-year-old? "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. as you are about to see egypt has come a long way from the revolution we witnessed last year. not everybody thinks what's

happening there right now is a good thing. they have elected the only islamist president in the heart of the middle east. he is a member of the muslim brotherhood, senior military commanders in no hurry to give up power there are telling egyptians to trust the armed forces. and the fear tonight is this may start another very messy and perhaps violent time for the largest arab nation in the world, the home to 85 million people, and the struggle for power may not be over. it is one of the dicey situations we're watching around the globe tonight, so to begin our coverage of all of it, we go to our chief foreign correspondent richard engel, who's once again back in cairo. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is exactly what many feared when the arab spring began, that democratic elections in this country would bring the muslim brotherhood to power. and now people and governments around the world are worried how this will play out.

the muslim brotherhood has reason to celebrate. their man, mohamed morsi, has been elected egypt's next president according to multiple counts. and he is expected to usher in fundamental change for this country of 90 million. morsi wants to impose islamic law, limit the rights of women. his party is not pro american as mubarak was for decades, and he is fiercely anti-israel. morsi quickly declared victory. promising to reach out to all egyptians. but morsi faces a battle for power with the military, which will not give up without a fight. last night with returns still coming in, the ruling military council made a preemptive strike eliminating the new president's powers to declare war, control the army, or replace its leaders. the reaction was this. >> the people love mohamed morsi. >> reporter: a crowd of morsi supporters today in tahrir

square where egypt's democracy movement began, offering thanks and prayer and opposing the military decree. this celebration has been a long time coming. for decades the muslim brotherhood was banned in this country. its leaders were arrested. but now the muslim brotherhood appears to have won egypt's presidency. it is a nightmare for this country's secular military, an experiment in political islam that could spread across the middle east. a prospect that frightens a tour operator passing through the square. >> for me today egypt has sent a bad message for all the world that we go back 100 years, 200 years. >> reporter: many other egyptians are equally nervous. >> i don't believe there is a good mix between ideas from god and real democracy. >> reporter: brian, the muslim brotherhood plans a mass demonstration here tomorrow to take back the rights that the military is still closely

guarding. egypt appears to be changing course. >> all right. richard engel back in cairo for us tonight. thanks. now we turn to greece, a nation that has dodged a bullet for now. there's been a narrow victory in this weekend's elections for a pro euro government. greece will stay with the euro as its currency, but the crisis there continues, and the trouble seems to hopscotch from country to country right now in europe resulting in big fears of course here in the u.s. nbc's stephanie gosk is live for us tonight in athens. stephanie, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well, weeks of political uncertainty are nearly over here in greece and its future in the eurozone is safe for now. the fear was that this election would spark the collapse of the eurozone so when greece voted crisis is averted.

antonis samaras and his pro euro party eeked out a slim victory over an opposition that threatened to rip up a vital bailout plan. the next step? setting up a coalition in what he calls a salvation government. and greece needs saving. >> political uncertainty on top of financial uncertainty has basically brought commerce to a standstill. the only thing being bought or sold was food. with the government soon to be formed there is a hope it could kick-start the economy. there are small, positive signs says ionis kent his company the third largest hotel operator in the country. tourism across greece is down but today kent's last-minute bookings shot up 30%. new consumer confidence after the elections. >> they love greece, you know, many holiday makers, they love greece. >> reporter: but victories for the 17 nations that share the euro are short lived. to avoid default greece will likely need another big loan in a matter of weeks.

from the g20 summit in mexico, german chancellor angela merkel warned greece that there would be no easing of the bailout demands including labor reforms and budget cuts. and fears of contagion are growing. spain increasingly needs to borrow money from global markets to stay afloat. today it watched those costs reach a record high. >> their banks made a lot of loans into a real estate bubble that went bust and now nobody knows how big the financial hole is for the banks. >> reporter: uncertainty and fear are dangerous enemies for any economy. just ask greece. for greece and the other troubled economies to recover they need growth. without it the eurozone is in trouble and that could lead to trouble for the already shaky recovery in the u.s. it's no wonder, brian, the world's media descended on this country over the weekend to see how it played out. >> all right. stephanie gosk in athens tonight. thanks.

our first two stories here tonight, greece and egypt among the places being watched closely at the g20 summit, which started today in mexico. president obama is there. so is russia's president vladimir putin. there is new tension between those two between the u.s. and russia over syria and the uprising there and you could see the tension between the two of them today. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd reports tonight from los cabos. >> reporter: it was the first meeting between president obama and newly reinstalled russian president vladimir putin. the stickiest issue they discussed? syria. >> we discussed syria where we agreed that we need to see a cessation of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war. >> from my perspective we've been able to find many commonalities. >> reporter: u.s. diplomats

found some hope in what wasn't said, that putin avoided publicly standing by syrian president assad. but senator john mccain who has been leading an effort to get the u.s. involved militarily in syria sees the apparent lack of progress with russia on this issue as predictable. >> the diplomatic resolution in conflicts like these is not possible until a military balance of power changes on the ground. >> reporter: most striking, the two leaders' apparent body language which seemed tense and even cold. they barely made eye contact and rarely exchanged even the briefest of smiles, a far cry from the very personal relationship president obama had with former russian president medvedev. the two were on a first-name basis. at a briefing later the white house cautioned reporters from drawing conclusions from the apparent lack of warmth. >> they're candid and business like. that tends to be the demeanor of the russians. >> reporter: the big focus at the g20 summit is the european debt crisis. today president obama and others

expressed very cautious optimism on greece. >> the election in greece yesterday indicates a positive prospect for not only them forming a government but also them working constructively with their international partners in order that they can continue on the path of reform. >> reporter: now the president began his day meeting with the host country's president, filipe calderon who began his opening remarks thanking the president for his decision friday making it so that immigrants temporarily wouldn't be deported if they were brought here to the united states by their parents illegally and not on their own, brian. >> chuck todd at the g20 in mexico tonight. chuck, thanks. in washington, d.c. today, a federal jury found baseball great roger clemens not guilty of all charges in a perjury and obstruction case brought after prosecutors said he lied to congress about using steroids. our justice correspondent pete

williams joins us from the federal courthouse in washington. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, after a trial that dragged on for nine weeks, it took the jury just over a day to find roger clemens not guilty of lying about performance-enhancing drugs. this is a huge legal victory for clemens, one of the most successful baseball pitchers of all time. for more than four years these charges have threatened to over shadow his long career. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career. and so again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. thank you all very much. >> reporter: this verdict comes after other high profile steroid cases have fizzled, too. slugger barry bonds was sentenced only to home detention for giving evasive answers about steroids and after spending millions in a worldwide investigation, prosecutors decided not to file criminal charges against cyclist lance armstrong.

so another setback for the government tonight, brian. >> pete williams at the courthouse in d.c. tonight. pete, thanks. now to pennsylvania the defense started presenting its case in the jerry sandusky sexual abuse trial after prosecutors wrapped up with more harrowing testimony about another alleged victim. our report on this tonight from nbc's john yang. >> reporter: the prosecution rested its case against jerry sandusky today after one last emotional witness -- the mother of the young man known in court documents as victim nine. crying, she testified how her son said he wanted to stop going to sandusky's house where he told the jury sandusky sexually assaulted him. i would ask him why and he'd just say he didn't feel like it and i'd make him go anyway. eight men testified to sandusky sexually abusing them when they were young boys. sandusky has pled not guilty to more than 50 related charges. the defense began its case with a series of character witnesses who talked about sandusky's work as a penn state assistant

football coach and the timing spent at his second mile charity for troubled kids. this morning on "today" chief legal analyst savannah guthrie said the defense doesn't need to convince the entire jury. >> they're looking for one juror alone who could hang up this jury. >> reporter: sandusky's wife dorothy may testify and the defense attorneys promised the jury they'll hear sandusky defend himself. prosecutors may use additional portions of the unedited transcript from sandusky's telephone interview with bob costas on "rock center with brian williams." the full interview includes the following exchange. >> so it's entirely possible you could have helped young boy a in some way that was not objectionable while horribly taking advantage of young boy b, c, d, and e. isn't that possible? >> well, you might think that. i don't know. in terms of my relationship with so many, many young people, i

would guess that there are many young people who would come forward, many more young people who would come forward and say that my methods and what i had done for them made a very positive impact on their life. and i didn't go around seeking out every young person for sexual needs that i've helped. there are many that i didn't have -- i hardly had any contact with, who i have helped in many, many ways. >> reporter: sandusky underwent a prosecution psychiatric exam this past weekend. the judge ordered it when he said that the defense could offer evidence from an expert that many of his behaviors could be explained by a syndrome called histrionic personality disorder. brian? >> john yang at the courthouse in pennsylvania tonight. john, thanks. still ahead along the way for us tonight the shocking news over the weekend that rodney

king has died. tonight what he told us in one of his last television interviews. and later, america's newest celebrity chef right about now finishing the eighth grade.

it was sad news this weekend when we learned of the death of a man who started life with no intention of becoming a national figure. rodney king was beaten to within an inch of his life by the lapd back in 1991. it was really one of the first impactful viral videos in public life. in the aftermath entire city blocks of los angeles burned for days. in life he was troubled, confused. he sometimes was able to push back against his own demons. but sometimes they won. before the end of his life he said he had no bitterness over what had happened to him. we have a look back tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: rodney king once said he could never outrun his troubled past.

on sunday he was found dead in the swimming pool he built. king's fiance discovered his body. >> it appears that this is a drowning and there were no obvious signs of foul play. >> reporter: for the last decade king lived here in realto, california an hour outside of los angeles where some 20 years ago he was thrust into the spotlight. king's infamous arrest and beating came to symbolize police brutality. his story made headlines around the world. in one of his final interviews king spoke to nbc's lester holt. >> every time they swung the baton i could hear it cracking, you know, there was cracking of my bones every time i took a blow. >> not guilty of the crime of assault by force -- >> reporter: in 1992 the four white police officers who claimed king was resisting arrest were cleared of state charges. king was in disbelief. the city of los angeles went up in flames. for nearly a week, race riots ripped apart the city. more than 50 were killed and 600

buildings destroyed. in a defining moment king pled for peace. >> can we all get along? can we get along? >> reporter: the violence came to an end but king's troubles were far from over. he squandered his nearly $4 million settlement with the city. he was arrested, sent to prison, and spent months in rehab. >> he was dealing with addiction when he was asked to be the planetary representative for police brutality and racial strife, and he never asked for this. >> reporter: before he died, king forgave the officers who beat him. >> i just tried and let it go in the past and be a positive force for -- from now on. >> reporter: but at 47 rodney king was unable to shake the demons that haunted his past. miguel almaguer, nbc news, realto, california. up next as we continue tonight, of all the stuff washing up on our shores from the tsunami in japan, what might be the greatest danger.

♪ sir paul mccartney at the queen's jubilee proving he can still sing with the best of them. because we often mark our own lives through the lives of others here is one for you. paul mccartney turns 70 today. sir paul has stayed in the game because as the song says life goes on with a new album and concert appearances. of course, of the original four it's just paul and ringo left. mr. starr turned 72 in july. for nascar fans who are part of earnhardt nation yesterday was a big one. dale earnhardt jr., son of the late seven-time champion, broke a long, dry spell with a win in michigan. his last victory came on father's day four years ago to the day. as we continue to cover the

tsunami debris washing up on american shores from japan, an emerging issue is the sea life and micro organisms being carried all the way across the pacific and deposited here. the latest case in point right there. a 20-foot boat that came ashore friday in washington state covered in massive, goose neck barnacles. the problem is when invasive, nonnative species are suddenly introduced into an ecosystem like ours, they can cause an environmental disaster. two quick health notes tonight. a new study is raising a red flag for people who have had gastric bypass surgery because it turns out they may be more susceptible to alcohol abuse. the surgery changes the way the body processes alcohol and doctors are advising patients to go easy on the drink. also, new stats showing the hospital can be a dangerous place for alzheimer's patients as many families know too well already death rates and nursing home admissions both spike after hospital stays. when we come back here

tonight, proving it can be done. he is a 13-year-old phenomenon in the kitchen.

when you think of a meal

prepared by a 13-year-old there is a good chance it'll contain the words mac or cheese not that there's anything wrong with that but not this 13-year-old. food types in l.a. are lining up to sample his stuff. his story tonight from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> need pepper. you need scallions for that. >> reporter: he is one of the country's hottest chefs. >> we need to cut all those in half. >> reporter: calling the shots at one of l.a.'s hippest eateries. >> chop it up. >> reporter: and flynn mcgarry isn't even old enough for high school. >> flynn is a very unusual young man and he is very, very passionate. >> reporter: when the restaurant owner let the 13-year-old take the reins of his kitchen for a special nine-course meal it sold out immediately. >> trout with wild fennel, nasturtum flowers. >> reporter: while most 13-year-olds wouldn't know nasturtum if it bit them, flynn's bites are already

pleasing some of the country's most discerning palates. you might say the culinary protege must come from a foodie family. you didn't get your cooking skills from mom? >> no, no, no, no. >> reporter: in fact, he started cooking at age 10 when he was sick of his mom's dinners. the connection was instant. >> sometimes i sort of think he's like reincarnated from like a french chef in the '20s or something. >> reporter: now flynn spends his life in the kitchen literally. so this is your bedroom. >> yes. >> reporter: where's your bed? >> right here. >> reporter: he's turned his bedroom into a kitchen and his house into a gourmet, popup restaurant once a month. he plans to spend his summer apprenticing at some of the country's finest restaurants. it might seem like a pressure cooker for someone so young, but not flynn. >> my goal, three star restaurant, top 50 list

hopefully in the top five. >> reporter: no mac and cheese for this kid. he's already tasted success. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. that's our monday night broadcast as we start a new week. thank you for being with us. i'm brian williams and of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.